Law
Abused Animals in Connecticut Get Their Own Legal Advocates
Last week, for the first time, a lawyer testified in court on behalf of abused pit bulls
Tourists Are Now Banned from Photographing This Swiss Village
It's a blatant—if somewhat brilliant—press play
The Centuries-Long Squabble Over Who Owns Ellis Island
It's actually the federal government, but don't tell New York or New Jersey
Cocaine Is Destroying Forests in Central America
Once-forested lands are being used in money laundering operations
First-Ever Federal Transgender Hate Crime Sentence Handed Down
Mercedes Williamson’s killer was prosecuted in the absence of a Mississippi state law protecting trans people against hate crimes
Witness the Document that Set the Trail of Tears in Motion
The Indian Removal Act is on display at the National Archives through June 14
British Parliament Ditches Parchment for Paper
But the debate between traditionalists and modernists isn't over
“Are Women Animals?” Asked One 19th-Century Letter Writer
If women couldn't have the rights of full human beings, "An Earnest Englishwoman" asked, could they at least have as many legal protections as animals?
Graffiti Grudge Goes to Federal Court
5Pointz was once an international graffiti icon. Now, aerosol artists are fighting the developer who tore it down
South Africa to Legalize Domestic Rhino Horn Trade
A court ruling overturns a 2009 ban, a move that conservationists worry will increase poaching
A Japanese Fleet Killed Over 300 Whales This Season
The creatures were supposedly collected for the sake of research
What Will It Take to End International Killer Whale Capture?
The West may have rejected whale captivity, but the painful relationship between humans and orcas is far from over
India's Ganges and Yamuna Rivers Are Given the Rights of People
A few days after a New Zealand river gained the rights of personhood, an Indian court has declared that two heavily polluted rivers also have legal status
This New Zealand River Just Got the Legal Rights of a Person
It’s the end of more than a century of struggle
A Missing Oxford Comma Just Changed the Course of a Court Case
Call it pedantic, but comma wars are a thing
Could This Chatbot Prevent Some Deportations?
Visabot helps immigrants and visitors to the United States obtain and keep visas
Antonin Scalia’s Papers Find a Home at Harvard Law
The Supreme Court justice left behind a substantial legal and archival legacy
Heirs of Holocaust Victim Invoke New Law in Suit Over Two Schiele Drawings
The family of Fritz Grunbaum claims the works were stolen by Nazis
This Supreme Court Justice Was a KKK Member
Even after the story came out in 1937, Hugo Black went on to serve as a member of the Supreme Court into the 1970s
What Is the Congressional Review Act?
The U.S. Congress is wiping away rules and regulations finalized in the last months of the Obama administration through a little-used 1996 law
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